Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 13, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A few weeks back Full Tilt Poker informed its former Red Pros along with the rest of the poker community that they would not renew or honor any of the contracts signed by the previous owners of Full Tilt Poker, effectively ending their relationship with all of theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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There have been some major poker stories taking up most of the front page headlines –like the WPT, PokerStars potentially getting back into the US market, and robberies and deaths– but there have also been a lot of smaller scale stories which I’ll touch on in this column. A coupleRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There have been two debates raging on social media and across the poker world of late, as players debate whether tournament structures are too fast or too slow, and more recently the prevalence of reentry events, and whether or not they are hurting the game. Overall it seemsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 30, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After a marathon final table at the World Series of Poker Main Event that saw even longtime poker players and poker purists denouncing the speed of play, and making the very valid case of how this will hurt televised poker, a debate has been raging over the possibilityRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 26, 2012 Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

My poker library became slightly larger recently when I received a copy of Reading Poker Tells, by Zachary Elwood. Elwood is relatively unknown commodity in the poker world, but after reading through his contribution to the ever-growing library of poker books one thing is for certain; the manRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 25, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s been four years since a World Poker Tour tournament has been held on Canadian soil, but considering the record-setting field that massed at the Playground Poker Club for the WPT Montreal, the WPT will likely make Canada a regular stop on the tour. Thanks to the twoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 23, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While the poker world still waits for IveyPoker.com to offer more than a landing page (many people are still asking, “What is it?”) the site, headlined by Phil Ivey, is still trudging forward and signing poker players, even if they don’t have a specific role with the siteRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 19, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Part 1 of this series took a look at the forgettable moments in poker during the course of 2012; in Part 2 I examined the themes that dominated poker throughout the year; now the final installment of this series will cover the individual achievements that took place duringRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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In this series I’ll recap what were, in my opinion, the biggest poker stories and moments of the year, including overarching themes, singular moments/achievements, and of course the moments we wished never happened. In the first installment I discussed the moments poker players would like to forget, butRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 13, 2012 Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

The highly anticipated third volume of Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time is now available, and the final installment of the tournament poker trilogy did not disappoint. This time around Eric “Rizen” Lynch, Jon “ApeStyles” Van Fleet, and Jon “Pearljammer” Turner, are joined by Matthew HilgerRead Full Article